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Acapulco
del Marques, or of the marques, only two leagues distant from Acapulco, which has water enough for great ships and good anchoring; whither generally the ships of Peru, that dare not put into Acapulco, because they have prohibited goods, resort to…
Acapulco
Acapulco is a pretty large Town, 17 deg. North of the Equator. It is the Sea-Port for the City of Mexico, on the West-side of the Continent; as La Vera Cruz, or St. Joan d’Ulloa in the Bay of Nova Hispania, is on the North-side. This Town is the only…
Etiquetas: Comercio, Geografía, Navegación, Puertos, Rutas
Campeche
The Bay of Campeachy is a deep bending of the Land, contained between Cape Condecedo on the East and a Point of shooting forth from the High-Land of St. Martins on the Weft. The distance betweem thefe two place is about 120 Leagues, in which are…
Etiquetas: Agricultura, Comercio, Geografía, Navegación
Campeche
Cocoa-nuts are used as Money in the Bays of Campeachy .
Etiquetas: Antropología, Comercio, Economía, Impuestos y finanzas, Moneda
Canibalismo
If we might believe some Authors, indeed, they did not only sacrifice Men, but eat them; and had Samples of human Flesh in their Markets.
Etiquetas: Antropología, Canibalismo, Comercio, Etnología, Religión
Carne Humana
If we might believe some Authors, indeed, they did not only sacrifice Men, but eat them; and had Samples of human Flesh in their Markets.
Etiquetas: Antropología, Comercio, Etnología, Religión
Chocolate
As to Chocolate, this serves both for Meat and Drink, in almost every Province of Mexico, both among civiliz’d and barbarous Indians, if they can get it; but this is so much us’d by the Spaniards, and so much of it exported to Europe, that is pretty…
Etiquetas: Alimentación, Antropología, Comercio, Escasez, Etnología, Gastronomía
Comercio terrestre
But whereas we expected the this Commerce should be managed by Sea, we found ourselves mistaken : that of Mexico being almost wholly a Land trade, and managed more by Mules than by Ships.
Etiquetas: Animales domésticos, Comercio, Economía, Fauna
Golfo de México
This interesting map published in 1740 is a later edition of one published by Robert Morden, William Knight and Philip Lea. The colonising powers are indicated in words but colouring is mainly for decoration. Notes give an idea of shipping routes and…
Golfo de México
Before we quit the subject of the western waters, we will take a view of their principal connections with the Atlantic. These are four, the Hudson’s river, the Potomac, St. Lawrence, and Mississippi. Down the last will pass all the heavy commodities.…
Etiquetas: Comercio, Geografía, Navegación, Peligros
Huasteca
He believed the Providence of GOD called him to resume his solitary Life ; for which Purpose he went into the Country Guasteca, which he judged to be the most proper for his Design, as being --- and thinly inhabited, and abounding with wild Fruits.
Etiquetas: Antropología, Comercio, Historia, Religión
Jardines flotantes
"The greatest curiosity in the city of Mexico is their floating gardens. When the Mexicans, about the year 1325, were subdued by the Colhuan and Tepanecan nations, and confined to the small islands in the lake, having no land to cultivate, they were…
Mercaderes
Friday, the first of March, after league's riding, we halted at Cornavaca, the chief place of the Alcadia, or government of that name, belonging to the marques del Valle, or of the valley, which reaches to the valley of Amacusac. The place is rich,…
Etiquetas: Antropología, Comercio, Etnología, Riqueza
Mercados
If we might believe some Authors, indeed, they did not only sacrifice Men, but eat them; and had Samples of human Flesh in their Markets.
Etiquetas: Antropología, Canibalismo, Comercio, Etnología, Religión
Mercados
What is most remarkable besides in Mexico, is the vast spacious Market-Place, or Square in the middle of the Town; on one Side whereof runs a Cloyster, under which are some of the richest Shops in the World; and on the other, stands the magnificent…
Etiquetas: Arquitectura, Comercio, Riqueza, Urbanismo
México
It is this vast supply of Goods by the South Seas to the Kingdoms of Peru and Mexico, that has kept all the Silver and Gold from coming into the North, and occasioned the Total Ruin of Old Spain
Etiquetas: Comercio, Economía, Metales preciosos
México
On trouve aussi de l´or en poudre & en paillettes dans la plus grande partie des Torrents & des Fleuves de l´Asie, de l´Affrique & de l´Amerique; principalement dans l´Inde, le Gange & le Pactole en Asie; dans les Fleuves de Guaxata…
Etiquetas: Comercio, Economía, Geografía, Territorio
México
Quoique l´or fût commun au Mexique , il n´étoit pas alors le signe repréntatif de toutes les valeurs; le chocolat étant la boisson des Mexicains, les noix de cacao étoient l´instrument de leur commerce.
Etiquetas: Abundancia, Comercio, Economía, Metales preciosos
México
C´est même un objet digne d´être envié au Mexique par les plus puissants Etats de l´Europe, & il est étonnant qu´on n´ait point fait toutes les tentatives possibles pour parvenir à partager avec ce Païs l´avantage de faire un pareil Commerce;…
Etiquetas: Abundancia, Comercio, Fauna, Flora, Historia, Literatura
México
C´est même un objet digne d´être envié au Mexique par les plus puissants Etats de l´Europe, & il est étonnant qu´on n´ait point fait toutes les tentatives possibles pour parvenir à partager avec ce Païs l´avantage de faire un pareil Commerce;…
México
Depuis que le Mexique & le Perou nous ont envoïé l´or avec tant profusion, nous avons oublié que l´Europe en fournissoit assz autrefois pour fournir au Commerce & pour entretenir le luxe.
Etiquetas: Comercio, Historia, Literatura
México
Au fond du tableau vous pouvez remarquer une file de deux mille mulets qui ont transporté par la largeur d´un Istme de dix-sept lieuës toutes les marchandises qui avoient été amenées par Mer du Chili, du Perou, & du Mexique à Pannama.
Etiquetas: Comercio, Historia, Literatura
México
If we should go over to America, whether to the Brasils, the flourishing Colony of the Portuguese, how many Hundred Thousand Moyd’ors a Year do we receive from thence, for the English Manufactures worn and consumed there, notwithstanding the intense…
México
After the set stay at Carthagena. The Armada goes away to the Havana in the Isle of Cuba, to meet there the Flota, which is a small number of Ships that go to la Vera Cruz, and there takes in the Effects of the City and Country of Mexico , and what…
Etiquetas: Asia, Comercio, Geografía, Navegación, Rutas
Moneda
Maiz or cocoa served as money for things of small value; they had no weights, but a variety of measures; and, in lieu of numbers, certain characters, by which they adjusted the prices of merchandize. There was an house appointed for the judges of…
Etiquetas: Antropología, Comercio, Historia
Nao de China
Here she stays till the Manila Ships arrive, and then takes in a Cargo of Spices, Silks, Calicoes and Muslins, and other East-India Commodities.
Etiquetas: Comercio, Geografía, Navegación, Puertos, Rutas
Oaxaca
But what doth make the Valley of Guaxaca to be mentioned far and near, are the good horses which are bred in it, and esteemed to be the best of all the Country. In this Valley also are some farms of Sugar, and great store of fruits, which two sorts…
Etiquetas: Comercio, Gastronomía, Geografía, Historia, Riqueza
Oro
It is this vast supply of Goods by the South Seas to the Kingdoms of Peru and Mexico, that has kept all the Silver and Gold from coming into the North, and occasioned the Total Ruin of Old Spain
Etiquetas: Comercio, Economía, Reversión de fortuna
Plata
It is this vast supply of Goods by the South Seas to the Kingdoms of Peru and Mexico, that has kept all the Silver and Gold from coming into the North, and occasioned the Total Ruin of Old Spain
Etiquetas: Comercio, Economía, Reversión de fortuna
Plata
But to go in generals, which is proper to the Head I am talking of; Trade is the universal Fund of Wealth throughout the World; the Gold of Africa and Brazil, the Silver of Mexico and Peru had but for Trade remained undisturbed in the Mines, [...].
Etiquetas: Comercio, Economía, Economía inglesa
Provincia
This Province [Mexico] is said to exceed all the Provinces of America, in spacious extensive Valleys, in the Richness of its Arable Lands, Pasturage ad Variety of Fruits: The great Lakes and Rivers, and the Neighbourhoods of the Sea, also furnish…
Etiquetas: Abundancia, Comercio, Diversidad, Fertilidad, Geografía, Territorio
Puerto del Marqués
There is another port S.E. of this call'd del Marques, or of the marques, only two leagues distant from Acapulco, which has water enough for great ships and good anchoring; whither generally the ships of Peru, that dare not put into Acapulco, because…
Etiquetas: Comercio, Contrabando, Economía, Geografía, Relieve
Rey
Having taken some refreshment I set out again, and at the end of half league, having pass'd the small village of Taltenango, about a league further, the way very troublesome, came to the top of the mountain of Cornavaca, where stands a village call'd…
Etiquetas: Bebidas alcohólicas, Comercio, Derecho, Economía, Leyes